Stories from Monday, May 1, 2017

Robert Lee Ewbank, 85, of Spencer, died April 28, 2017 at the IU Health Bloomington Hospital. Born Feb. 15, 1932 in Montgomery County, he was the son of Estel (Cline) and Ora Ewbank. He was a 1950 graduate of New Market High School where he played the tuba in band and was a member of the cheer squad...

Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, Dorothy Evelyn P'Pool, passed peacefully April 2, 2017. Dottie was born the youngest of four children in Princeton, Ky., on April 19, 1925 to Charles and Ruby (Stroube) McCollum. Ruby passed when Dottie was six months old and she was raised by her stepmother, Mary (Hopsen) McCollum...

CLOVERDALE — Endeavor Communications held its annual meeting of the cooperative’s membership recently at South Putnam Jr./Sr. High School. The theme of this year’s gathering – attended by more than 500 members and their families – focused on Endeavor’s mission of “taking the torture out of technology” by providing the fastest gigabit high-speed network available, coupled with customer service that makes it easy to use. This was Endeavor’s 67th year hosting the event...

Selected from among more than 20 Student Stars nominees as accountability winners for April in the Greencastle High School Character Education Program are students Sean Ramey and Autumn Glaze. GHS Assistant Principal Jennifer Finnerty (right) and Character Education Program co-sponsor Lisa Duggan (left) present the awards to Ramey and Glaze, who were selected from among the GHS students nominated by teachers and staff for exhibiting a high degree of accountability. ...

For children living in poverty, a good education is a stepping stone to a better life. But too often, the poorest kids go back to school without basic supplies. That makes it hard to keep up with assignments — and even harder to have the confidence that they can succeed in school...

County Jail Two people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. Sunday • At 3:47 a.m. Javin Ty Coleman, 21, Champaign, Ill., was booked in for public intoxication. Friday • At 9:15 p.m. Tyler Matthew Sanchez, 22, Harmony, was lodged at the jail by court order...

The Putnam County Tox-Away Day is scheduled for Saturday, May 6 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. (rain or shine) at the Area 30 Career Center (across from Walmart) on State Road 240 in Greencastle. Tox-Away Days are annual events sponsored by West Central Solid Waste District that provide Putnam, Parke and Montgomery county residents with an opportunity to safely and inexpensively dispose of household hazardous waste...

The North Putnam boys’ basketball program will be hosting a Spring Trivia Night competition on May 20 at 7 p.m. in the middle school commons. Each trivia team may consist of 6-8 people, and the entry fee is $100 per team. Prizes will be awarded for the top three teams. Question categories will be (but not limited to) sports, American history, politics, pop culture, music and movies/TV...

Kieffer Vittetow is excited to be joining the Division II University of Indianapolis track and cross country programs next year after recently signing his national letter-of-intent. But, there are some things the South Putnam senior still wants to accomplish in high school before becoming a Greyhound...

The Indiana High School Athletic Association announced pairings on Friday for the 2017 softball tournament, as well as the new groupings in six sports for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons. Here is how Putnam County teams are affected: Cascade will host the Class 2A sectional that was played at South Vermillion last year...

For the second time in eight days, fast action by police officers and the availability of a nasal spray that counters life-threatening effects of an overdose have likely saved a life in Greencastle. The latest incident came Saturday, April 29 as Greencastle City Police Sgt. Ed Wilson and Officer Nick Eastham were dispatched to a residence on Evensview Drive to investigate an accidental overdose...

FILLMORE -- Endeavor Communications and Fillmore Elementary School Friday celebrated the installation of a vital, new fiber optic cable link during the school’s annual Walk-a-Thon. The new fiber connection created a much-needed data link from Fillmore Elementary School to South Putnam High School to help improve the digital educational experience for students...

Getting more than a month's worth of rain over the last five days of April, the Greencastle area has been among the wettest locations in Indiana as April bid Hoosiers adieu. While the Putnam County area saw only 2.77 inches of rain over the first 25 days of April -- normally one of the rainiest months of the year with an average total of 3.81 inches -- the last five days of the month produced more than six inches of rain...